This command is slower than it needs to be, because find will call grep with only one file name, resulting in many grep invocations (one per file). Since grep accepts multiple file names on the command line, find can be instructed to call it with several file names at once:

The trailing '+' character instructs find to call grep with as many file names as possible, saving processes and resulting in faster execution. This example works for POSIX-2008 find, which most current operating systems have, but which may not be available on legacy systems.

Traditional Unix has a helper program called xargs for the same purpose: